OLES News

OLES Research Test Facility Relocated

On September 30, 2002, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) commissioned its new Research Test Facility that is located in the Industrial Building on NIST's main campus. It was a challenging job, in part, because of some unique facility requirements related to the ballistic and stab tests. Support of the project was provided by the National Institute of Justice, NIST, and NIST's Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory. The OLES facility was housed in an abandoned NIKE missile site adjacent to the NIST campus.

Research Test Facility Walking Tour

Recent Publications

NIST Handbook 153 - Laboratory Recognition Process for Project 25 - Compliance Assessment, October 2007 (available in PDF* (280KB))

Image of cover of Office of Law Enforcement Standards Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments, January 2007 and link to PDF document

Office of Law Enforcement Standards Programs, Activities, and Accomplishments, January 2007 (NISTIR 7366) (available in PDF* (1.2MB))

NIST and Law Enforcement: Technical Partnerships for Public Safety and Security, November 2001 (available in PDF* (1.5MB))

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